Improving Accuracy of EWT

Question 1

What type of interview is concerned with getting the most accurate EWT?

Answer 1

Cognitive interview.

Question 2

What are the four techniques used in the cognitive interview?

Answer 2

1 - Change of narrative order.
2 - Change of perspective.
3 - (Mental) reinstatement of context.
4 - Report everything.

Question 3

Give the statement for change of narrative order.

Answer 3

“Describe the event in reverse order”.

Question 4

Give the statement for change of perspective.

Answer 4

“Describe the event as it would have been seen from a different person at the scene”.

Question 5

Give the statement for mental reinstatement of context.

Answer 5

“Recall the scene, the weather sounds, visuals etc.”

Question 6

How would you carry out a reinstatement of context?

Answer 6

Go back to the scene.

Question 7

Give the statement for report everything.

Answer 7

“Report every detail you can, including what you were thinking or feeling, even if it seem irrelevant”.

Question 8

What does the report everything help to do?

Answer 8

Create personal cues, internal (state cues).

Question 9

What des the change of narrative technique do?

Answer 9

Gets rid of the schema that will try and make it make sense.

Question 10

What does the change of perspective technique help do?

Answer 10

Notice different aspects, perhaps more details.

Question 11

What has the change of perspective technique been removed in modern cognitive interviews?

Answer 11

Because the schema will largely interfere with this.

Question 12

How many questions are asked in the standard interview?

Answer 12

Just one - “Tell me what you saw”.

Question 13

In what way is the standard interview better than the cognitive interview?

Answer 13

Relatively quick whereas the cognitive interview is time consuming.

Question 14

Which is more formal - the cognitive interview or the standard interview?

Answer 14

The cognitive is less formal.

Question 15

What are two reasons that the cognitive interview is not used?

Answer 15

They are time consuming and underfunded.

Question 16

For what technique might this be asked?

Please do not edit out anything from your report, even things you think may not be important.

Answer 16

Report everything.

Question 17

For what technique might this be asked?

This about how you were feeling at the time and think about your reactions to the incident.

Answer 17

Report everything.

Question 18

For what technique might this be asked?

Try starting with the thing that impresses you the most in the incident and then go from there - going both forwards and backwards in time.

Answer 18

Change of narrative order.

Question 19

For what technique might this be asked?

Try to place yourself in the role of a prominent character in the incident and think about what he or she must have seen.

Answer 19

Change of perspective.

Question 20

For what technique might this be asked?

Think about what the surrounding environment looked like at the scene, such as rooms, the weather, any nearby people or objects.

Answer 20

Mental reinstatement of context.